Royal Navy to receive £75m for combat drones and mine-hunting robots
Royal Navy to receive £75m for combat drones and mine-hunting robots, Defence Secretary announces
Meanwhile a new unit called NavyX - drawing in military experts, civil servants and entrepreneurs - will get some of the cash to identify and buyDefence Secretary Gavin Williamson announced plans to give the Royal Navy an extra £75m in funding during a visit to Portsmouth on Monday Some of the money will go on developing two new autonomous mine-hunters. The vessels will be able to search further and faster for longer, while reducing risk to sailors.
Williamson said the world was becoming more perilous, citing the greats from global terror, mass migration, climate change and the rise of “aggressor nations.”The boost comes from a £160m Transformation Fund set aside from the defence budget for modern new kit.
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